Show I 1 xray X ray pictures are taken of mummies tes photographs of great value in studies of bodies chicago pictures ures of mummies taken with the xray X ray disclose condl tlona existing in ili the bodies of ancient peruvians and egyptians Egyptian 3 waldi otherwise would escape our knowledge unwrapping tile thu mummy means its destruction st for purposes of bf accurate study such pictures have been talson talicen by D 0 dadles director of the field museum of natural Ill history story co ing with the victor xray X ray corporation those these pictures revealed also what had been burled buried with tho the body for Ins instance various Peru peruvian vinn mummy packs were found to contain ears cars of corti corn pottery vessels of clay containing shells bits of metal gourd vessels bends clay figures and cut bono bone objects find out age of mummies in addition to tile the range of objects found in ili tile tho bundles we loam learn from the xray X ray pictures something definite concerning tile tho age ge sex and condition of the bony structure of tale individual burled therein said mr air davies we are able to discover the nature of injuries received during his life as well as determine whether the deceased was a sufferer from chronic rheumatism tuberculosis of tile bones carlea caries arthritis of various kinds and other conditions of disease in the egyptian collections collect lims the of a roan man of tile the twenty sixth dynasty was photographed in four sections beginning at the licad and fu furnishes r a wonderfully clear picture of the entire skeleton here flore we may expect to find fractures pathological conditions such ns as bony tumors rickets pyorrhea and caries of tho the teeth all of which havo have been in ili the examination of unwrapped dipped skeletal mat material erInI to have been common conditions of disease among tile Egypt egyptians lat is of the most an dent calept times the great advantage vantage nd of tho the xray X ra ray ing process in tills this regard Is that it Is possible to discern accurately these facha without injuring in any way the exhibition value of tho the specimens mummified cats and gazelles mummified cats hawks jackals jackala jac kals crocodiles and gazelles also have been pictured with very satisfactory results in tile the case of tile the hawk even the tall feathers are very definitely shown the picture of the mummy of the ga zelle brings out atie skeleton with marvelous marv olous distinctness that of the crocodile also shows the bones still to bo be in their proper relative position to another further investigations tire are to be made upon the ahe egyptian material as well as upon vess vessels e ls mado of marble alabaster anil and metal tito tho work will be extended to several departments and plans also are now under way to take xray X ray pictures of rock formations which tire are moro more than years old gloving pictures of the process are contemplated |